Derek Walcott and West Indian Drama by Bruce King
A detailed study of a post-colonial theatre company and the problems in creating serious theatre in the West Indies. By looking at the life and career of Nobel Prize winner, Derek Walcott, King traces the history of the Trinidad Theatre workshop and the history of theatre in the former colonies.
The book is obviously the work of a meticulous fan* Theatre Scotland *
the book is a mine of information...research for this book will be valued by thoughtful Caribbean theatre goers and theatre historians. * Sunday Guardian *
...pioneering book, which weaves theatre history and literary criticism together in a fresh and rewarding way * Caribbean Beat *
An important resource book... this is a very significant piece of work. The portrait of Walcott that emerges is complex and offers... fascinating insights into a great but often difficult man. In King, he has found a serious and careful chronicler, the court historian to the prince of Caribbean playwrights. * Elaine Savory, Research in African Literatures *
I imagine that Derek Walcott and West Indian Drama will prove an eye-opener to anyone who assumed that Caribbean theatre began and ended with Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl. Bruce King's book reveals just how wide of the mark they were. * London Magazine *
This book is not the "academic study" one might expect. It combines thoroughness of research, an acute sense of the writer's intentions, great literary flair, with a refreshing disrespect for whatever is considered "politically correct"...a superb achievement...Bruce King compells us to re-evaluate our vision and grant him more attention as a playwright...an enthusiastic tribute to the often heroic will of Walcott and his actors. * Afram Newsletter no 41 *
this is a detailed study of a post-colonial Caribbean theatre company and the problems of creating 'serious' theatre in the former colonies. - Communaute Francaise, centre belge de l'IIT
Substantial study ... Bruce King's account of the Workshop and the man is admirably clear and to the point. * Planet *
substantial study...this book is essentially the story of a very particular theatre company as it grew up and evolved over four tempestuous decades on Trinidad...Bruce King's account of the Workshop and the man is admirably clear and to the point...this is a superb book - scholarly, scrupulous, immensley detailed but also very readable...a major achievement. * Planet - the Welsh Internationalist *
the book is a mine of information...research for this book will be valued by thoughtful Caribbean theatre goers and theatre historians. * Sunday Guardian *
...pioneering book, which weaves theatre history and literary criticism together in a fresh and rewarding way * Caribbean Beat *
An important resource book... this is a very significant piece of work. The portrait of Walcott that emerges is complex and offers... fascinating insights into a great but often difficult man. In King, he has found a serious and careful chronicler, the court historian to the prince of Caribbean playwrights. * Elaine Savory, Research in African Literatures *
I imagine that Derek Walcott and West Indian Drama will prove an eye-opener to anyone who assumed that Caribbean theatre began and ended with Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl. Bruce King's book reveals just how wide of the mark they were. * London Magazine *
This book is not the "academic study" one might expect. It combines thoroughness of research, an acute sense of the writer's intentions, great literary flair, with a refreshing disrespect for whatever is considered "politically correct"...a superb achievement...Bruce King compells us to re-evaluate our vision and grant him more attention as a playwright...an enthusiastic tribute to the often heroic will of Walcott and his actors. * Afram Newsletter no 41 *
this is a detailed study of a post-colonial Caribbean theatre company and the problems of creating 'serious' theatre in the former colonies. - Communaute Francaise, centre belge de l'IIT
Substantial study ... Bruce King's account of the Workshop and the man is admirably clear and to the point. * Planet *
substantial study...this book is essentially the story of a very particular theatre company as it grew up and evolved over four tempestuous decades on Trinidad...Bruce King's account of the Workshop and the man is admirably clear and to the point...this is a superb book - scholarly, scrupulous, immensley detailed but also very readable...a major achievement. * Planet - the Welsh Internationalist *
Bruce King has held professorships or distinguished visiting professorships at Ibadan, Lagos, Stirling, Windsor (Canada), Canterbury (NZ), Ben Gurion (Israel), Paris III, Paris VII, and North Alabama. He is author of Three Indian Poets (OUP New Delhi, 1991); The New English Literatures: Cultural Nationalism in a Changing World (Macmillan, and St Martin's Press NY, 1980); Literatures of the World in English (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974); and series editor of English Dramatists (Macmillan - 14 books); and Modern Dramatists (Macmillan, Grove Press and St Martin's Press, NY).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198184645 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198184646 |
| Title | Derek Walcott and West Indian Drama |
| Author | Bruce King |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1997-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 426 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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